Abbassia

El Abbassia is a neighbourhood that makes up five shiakhas in al-Wayli district in , . The Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral is located in Abbassia, as are the medical faculty of Ain Shams University and its affiliate hospital units.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: neighborhood in Cairo, capital of Egypt
  • Also known as: “‘Abbâsîya”, “‘Abbâsîyeh”, “Abbasieh”, “Abbasiyah”, “Abbassieh”, “Al ‘Abbāsīyah”, “Al ‘Abbāsiyyah”, “Al `Abbasiyah”, “al-Abbasiyya”, “El ‘Abbāsīya”, “حى العباسيه”, and “عباسية”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Abdou Pasha and Sakakini Palace.

Metro station
station is a station on the Cairo Metro, part of Phase 1 of Line 3.

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Habib Pasha El is a palace in the al-Zahir district of , Egypt.

Mosque
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The Mosque is a in Abbassia, , .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Hadaiq el Qubbah and Al Daher.

Hamlet
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Hadaek al-Qubbah is a district in the Northern Area of , .

Neighborhood
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is a district in the Western Area of , .

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is the name commonly given to the core…

Abbassia

Latitude
30.06907° or 30° 4′ 9″ north
Longitude
31.27626° or 31° 16′ 35″ east
Elevation
36 metres (118 feet)
Open location code
8G2H379G+JG
Geo­Names ID
361648
Wiki­data ID
Q4115223
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Uzbek—“Abbassia” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “العباسية”
  • Chinese: “Abbassia”
  • Chinese: “阿巴西亞”
  • Dutch: “Abbassia”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “العباسيه”
  • French: “Abbassia”
  • German: “Abbasiya”
  • German: “ʿAbbāsīya”
  • Hausa: “Abbasia”
  • Hindi: “अब्बासिया”
  • Japanese: “アバシア”
  • Persian: “عباسیا”
  • Persian: “عباسیه”
  • Russian: “Аббасия”
  • Russian: “Аббассия”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عباسیه (میصر)”
  • South Azerbaijani: “عباسیه”
  • Swedish: “Abbassia”
  • Urdu: “عباسیہ”
  • Uzbek: “Abbosiya”

Places with the Same Name

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Al-Wayli and Maḩmashah.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: qubbat al-Fadāwīyah and Mustashfá Dār ash Shifā’.

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